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EDUCATION:
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Degree
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Institution
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Year
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Scientific Field
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B.S.
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San Diego State College
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1965
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Geology (Geophysics)
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Ph.D.
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Scripps Inst. of Oceanography
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1969
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Oceanography(Marine Geophysics)
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
2010 |
Research Professor, Earth Research Institute, UCSB |
1981-2010 |
Professor, Department of Earth Science (Geological
Sciences), UCSB |
2005-2010 |
Assoc. Dean, Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences,
UCSB |
1997- 2003 |
Chair, Department of Geological Sciences, UCSB |
1988-97 |
Director, Institute for Crustal Studies, UCSB |
1987-88 |
Acting Director, Institute for Crustal Studies,
UCSB |
1975-81 |
Associate Professor, Department of Geological
Sciences, UCSB |
1973-75 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Geological
Sciences, UCSB |
1970-73 |
Assistant Scientist, Department of Geology and
Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
1969-70 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geology and
Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
1969 |
Postgraduate Research Geologist, Scripps Institution
of Oceanography |
1965 |
Geophysicist (GS-7), Arctic Science and Technology
Laboratory, U. S. Navy Electronics Laboratory Center |
HONORS:
1975
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Fellow of the Geological Society
of America
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1980
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Co-Recipient, Newcomb Cleveland
Prize of AAAS
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1983
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Distinguished Alumni Award,
Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State
University
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1990
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Antarctic Service Medal, U. S.
National Science Foundation, and Department of the
Navy
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1991
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Contributor to Encyclopedia
Britannica, 15th edition; article "Ocean
Basins"
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1984 - present
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Named to Who's Who in
Technology, American Men and Women of
Science
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1994 - present
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Named to Who's Who in
America;
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
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2002
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Fellow of the American
Geophysical Union
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
1971 |
NASCO Committee on Marine Geophysical Formats |
1972 |
NAS NRC Working Group on Problems of the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge |
1973-75 |
Working Group 10-2 of Inter-Union Commission
on Geodynamics |
1984 |
member of review comm. for the data center of
the Ocean Drilling Program |
1991 - |
ANTOSTRAT, Antarctic offshore stratigraphy project;
Scientific Comm. for Antarctic Research |
1992 |
proposal review Panelist for the U.S. Geological
Survey National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program |
1993 |
LIRA; Lithospheric Investigations Ross Sea Area:
Scientific Comm. for Antarctic Research |
1997 |
member of UC systemwide Advisory Cttee for the
Inst. of Geophysics and Planetary Physics |
1998 - 2000 |
Southern Calif. Integrated GPS Network Coordinating
Board |
2001- 2008 |
U.S. Minerals Management Service, Quality Review Board, offshore Santa Maria Basin project |
2005- present |
ANDRILL (Antarctic Drilling) Science Committee |
2007 |
Symposium Manager: 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences |
EDITORIAL SERVICE:
1975-79
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GEOLOGY, Editorial
Advisor
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1976-92
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MARINE GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCHES,
Associate Editor
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1982-84
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J. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH,
Associate Editor
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1988-92
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TECTONOPHYSICS, member of
Editorial Board
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1988-95
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PAGEOPH, member of Editorial
Board
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MEMBER SOCIETIES:
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
OCEANOGRAPHIC CRUISE
PARTICIPATION:
Chief Scientist: 1967, TOW MAS cruise in northeast Pacific;
1971, CHAIN cruise 100, Legs 8 and 9 to New Hebrides Island Arc and Solomon
Sea; 1971, ALVIN diving operations in the Bahamas; 1972, Leg 26 of Deep
Sea Drilling Project, Indian Ocean (with Davies); 1973, KNORR cruise 31
(FAMOUS), Deep Tow Legs 1 and 2 to Mid-Atlantic Ridge; 1976, Leg 49 of
Deep Sea Drilling Project, North Atlantic (with Cann); 1979, RISE project
ALVIN dives on East Pacific Rise 21°N (with Macdonald and Spiess);
1982-83, high resolution mapping in Santa Barbara Channel; 1996, Nathaniel
Palmer cruise 96-01 to the eastern Ross Sea and western Marie Byrd Land
(with Bartek); 1998, Kiwi Leg 12 on R/V Roger Revelle to Manihiki Plateau,
South Pacific; 2003, 2004 Nathaniel Palmer cruises 03-01 and 03-06 to the Ross Sea
(with Bartek, and D.S. Wilson).
Participant: 1962, PROA, geological exploration
of western Pacific; 1966, seismic exploration of Hawaiian Arch; 1966,
Deep Tow exploration of Hawaiian Arch; 1967-68, Deep Tow investigations
off California coast; 1967, sonar search for sunken Roman shipwrecks off
coast of Turkey; 1970; SEVEN TOW, Deep Tow exploration of Aleutian Trench;
1978, AMAR-78, ALVIN dives in FAMOUS area; 1987, sonar search for PacBaroness
shipwreck; 2005 DELTA submersible and sonar investigations at the Coal
Oil Point seep field, Santa Barbara. 2006 Nathaniel Palmer cruise 06-07C to the Chatham Rise, New Zealand.
EXPEDITIONS:
1978, paleomagnetic studies on the Samail ophiolite,
Sultanate of Oman; 1984, 1985, paleomagnetic studies in the
Southern Alps and environs, New Zealand; 1989/90 and
1990/91, paleomagnetic and geologic studies in the Ford
Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica. 1992/93
participant in seventh German national Antarctic expedition
to Marie Byrd Land.
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Marine geophysics, plate tectonics, paleomagnetism,
paleooceanography and paleoclimate, exploration geophysics, southern
California, West Antarctica tectonics and glacial history,
marine hydrocarbon seeps.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1991
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1991
Luyendyk, B.
P. A model for Neogene crustal rotations, transtension, and transpression
in southern California. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., v. 103, 1528-1536, 1991.
1992
Luyendyk, B.P., Richard, S.M., Smith, C.H., and D.L. Kimbrough, Geological
and geophysical investigations in the northern Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd
Land, West Antarctica, in Yoshida, Y. et al. (eds.) Recent Progress in
Antarctic Earth Science, Terra Pub., Tokyo, 279-288, 1992.
Nicholson, C., Sorlien,
C.C., and B.P. Luyendyk, Deep crustal structure and tectonics in the offshore
Santa Maria basin, California. Geology, v. 20, 239-242, 1992.
1994
Nicholson, C.,
Sorlien, C.C., Atwater, T., Crowell, J.C., and Luyendyk, B.P., Microplate
capture, rotation of the western Transverse Ranges, and initiation of
the San Andreas transform as a low angle fault system. Geology, v. 22,
491-495, 1994.
Richard, S.M., Smith,
C.H., Kimbrough, D.L., Fitzgerald, P.G., Luyendyk, B.P., and McWilliams,
M.O., Cooling history of the northern Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West
Antarctica. Tectonics, v. 13, 837-857, 1994.
Steritz, J., and B. P. Luyendyk, Hosgri fault zone, offshore Santa
Maria basin, California. In Alterman, I. B., McMullen, R.B., Cluff,
L.S., and D.B. Slemmons eds., Seismotectonics of the central California
Coast Ranges. Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper. 292, 191-210, 1994.
1995
Luyendyk, B.P., Hypothesis
for Cretaceous Rifting of East Gondwana caused by Subducted Slab Capture.
Geology, v. 23, 373-376, 1995.
1996
Luyendyk, B.P.,
Cisowski, S., Smith, C.H., Richard, S. and Kimbrough,
D.L., Paleomagnetic study of the northern Ford Ranges, western Marie Byrd
Land, West Antarctica: A middle Cretaceous pole, and motion between West
and East Antarctica. Tectonics, v. 15, 122-141, 1996.
Schermer, E., Luyendyk,
B. P., and Cisowski, S., Late Cenozoic structure and tectonics of the
northern Mojave Desert. Tectonics, v. 15, 905-932. 1996.
1997
Luyendyk, B.P., 1997, Slab capture versus ridge collision as an explanation
for Cretaceous extension and rifting of east Gondwana. in Ricci, C. A.,
ed., The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes, Proceed.
VII Symp. on Antarctic Earth Sci., Siena, 467-474.
1998
Luyendyk, B. P., Gans, P., Kamerling, M. J., 1998, 40Ar/39Ar
Geochronology of Southern California Neogene Volcanism, in. Weigand, P.
W., ed., Contributions to the Geology of the Northern Channel Islands,
Southern California: Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geol., Pacific Section, Misc.
Pub. 45, 9-35.
Luyendyk, B. P., 1998, Structure under the Santa Barbara Channel: The
thick and thin of it, in, Kunitomi, D. S., Hopps, T. E., and Galloway,
J. M., eds., Structure and Petroleum Geology, Santa Barbara Channel, California,
Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geol., Pacific Section, Misc. Pub. 46, 75-78.
1999
Hornafius,
J.S., Quigley, D. and Luyendyk, B.P., 1999, The Worlds Most Spectacular
Marine Hydrocarbon Seeps (Coal Oil Point, Santa Barbara Channel, California):
Quantification of Emissions, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, vol. 104, no.
C9, 20,703-20,711.
Quigley, D.C., Hornafius,
J.S., Luyendyk, B.P., Francis, R.D., Clark, J., and L. Washburn, 1999,
Decrease in Natural Marine Hydrocarbon Seepage near Coal Oil Point, California
Associated with Offshore Oil Production, Geology, vol. 27, no. 11, p.
1047-1050.
Sorlien, C.C., Nicholson, C.N., and Luyendyk, B.P., 1999,
Miocene Extension and Post-Miocene Transpression Offshore of
South-Central California. In Keller, M.A. ed., Evolution of
Sedimentary Basins, Onshore Oil and Gas Investigations -
Santa Maria Province: U.S. Geological Survey Bull., 11995-Y,
38p.
2000
Clark, J., Washburn,
L., Hornafius, J. S., and Luyendyk, B. P., Natural Marine Hydrocarbon
Seep Source of Dissolved Methane to California Coastal Waters, J. Geophys.
Res. - Oceans, v. 105,11,509-11,522, 2000.
Sorlien, C. C., Gratier,
J. P., Luyendyk, B.P.,Hornafius, J. S., and Hopps, T. E, 2000, Map restoration
of folded and faulted late Cenozoic strata across the Oak Ridge fault,
onshore and offshore Ventura basin, California, Geological Society of
America Bulletin, v. 112, p. 1080-1090.
2001
Hamilton,
Rhea, B. P. Luyendyk, C. C. Sorlien, and L. R. Bartek, Cenozoic Tectonics
of the Cape Roberts Rift Basin, and Transantarctic Mountains Front, Southwestern
Ross Sea, Antarctica, Tectonics, 20, 325-342, 2001.
Luyendyk, B.P., C.
C. Sorlien, D. Wilson, L. Bartek, and C.H. Siddoway, Structural and tectonic
evolution of the Ross Sea rift in the Cape Colbeck region, Eastern Ross
Sea, Antarctica, Tectonics, 20, 933-958, 2001.
2002
Larson, R. L., Pockalny,
R. A., Viso, R. F., Erba, E., Abrams, L. J., Luyendyk, B. P., Stock, J.
M., and R. W. Clayton, Mid-Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Tongareva
triple junction in the southwestern Pacific basin, Geology, 30, 67-70,
2002.
2003
Clark, J.F., I. Leifer, L. Washburn, and B.P. Luyendyk, Compositional
changes in natural gas bubble plumes: Observations from the Coal Oil Point
marine hydrocarbon seep field, Geo-Marine Letters, 23, 187-193 DOI 10.1007/s00367-003-0137-y,
2003.
Leifer, I., J.F. Clark,
B.P. Luyendyk, and D.L. Valentine, Identifying future directions for subsurface
hydrocarbon migration research, EOS (American Geophysical Union Transactions),
84 (37), 364-371, 2003.
Luyendyk, B.P., D.S.
Wilson, and C.S. Siddoway, Eastern margin of the Ross Sea Rift in western
Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Crustal structure and tectonic development,
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4 (10), 1090,
doi:10.1029/2002GC000462, 2003.
2004
Donnellan, A.,
and B.P. Luyendyk, GPS Evidence for a Coherent Antarctic plate and for
Postglacial Rebound in Marie Byrd Land, Global and Planetary Change, 42,
305- 311, 2004.
Leifer, I., J.R. Boles,
B.P. Luyendyk, and J.F. Clark, Transient discharges from marine hydrocarbon
seeps: spatial and temporal variability, Environmental Geology, 46, 1038–1052
DOI 10.1007/s00254-004-1091-3, 2004.
2005
Luyendyk, B.P., J.P.
Kennett, and J. Clark, Hypothesis for Increased Atmospheric Methane Input
from Hydrocarbon Seeps on Exposed Continental Shelves during Glacial Low
Sea Level, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22 (4), 591-596, 2005.
2006
Leifer,
I., B. P. Luyendyk, J. Boles, and J. F. Clark (2006), Natural marine seepage
blowout: Contribution to atmospheric methane, Global Biogeochem. Cycles,
20, GB3008,doi:10.1029/2005GB002668.
Wilson,
D. S., and B. P. Luyendyk, Bedrock platforms within the Ross Embayment,
West Antarctica: Hypotheses for ice sheet history, wave erosion, Cenozoic
extension, and thermal subsidence, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems,
7, Q12011, doi:12010.11029/12006GC001294. 2006.
2007
Sorlien, C. C., B. P. Luyendyk, D. S. Wilson, R. C. Decesari, L. R. Bartek, and J. B. Diebold, Oligocene development of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet recorded in eastern Ross Sea strata, Geology, v. 35; no. 5; p. 467–470; doi: 10.1130/G23387A.1. 2007.
Del Sontro, T., Leifer, I., Luyendyk, B.P., Broitman, B.R., Beach tar accumulation, transport mechanisms, and sources of variability at Coal Oil Point, California. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54, pp. 1461-1471. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.04.022. 2007.
2008
Huirong-Anita
Ai, Joann M. Stock, Robert Clayton, and Bruce Luyendyk, (2008), Vertical
tectonics of the High Plateau region, Manihiki Plateau, Western Pacific,
from seismic stratigraphy, Mar. Geophys. Res., v 29, 13-26. DOI 10.1007/s11001-008-9042-0.
2008.
Hopson, C. A., J. M. Mattinson, E. A. Pessagno, and B. Luyendyk (2008),
California Coast Range ophiolite: Composite Middle and Late Jurassic oceanic
lithosphere, in Ophiolites, Arcs, and Batholiths: A Tribute to Cliff Hopson,
edited by J. E. Wright and J. W. Shervais, Special Paper 438, pp. 1-101;
DOI: 110.1130/20008.22438(20001), Geological Society of America.
2009
Wilson, D. S., and B. P. Luyendyk (2009), West Antarctic paleotopography estimated at the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition, Geophysical Research Letters, 36 (L16302), doi:10.1029/2009GL039297.
2010
Ira Leifer, Marc J. Kamerling, Bruce P. Luyendyk, Douglas S. Wilson (2010), Geologic Control of Natural Marine Seep Hydrocarbon Emissions, Coal Oil Point Seep Field, California, Geo-Marine Letters, v. 30, p 331–338 DOI 10.1007/s00367-010-0188-9.
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